218th Street & 98th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 218th Street and 98th Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Queens Village-Bellerose Memorial” is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/98 Av, is 710 feet away for the Q27, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Springfield Blvd/98 Av · Q27
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
218th Street & 98th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/98 Av, 710 feet away, for the Q27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/98 Av Q27
    710 feet
    Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Freeman maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 218th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 218th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 98th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 16 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 98th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 409638.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Queens Village Veterans Plaza.

  1. Queens Village-Bellerose Memorial Stele, 1949
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    1,120 feet
  2. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. Alpha Fundamental Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  2. District 29 Pre-K Center at 100-05 Springfield Boulevard Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 218th Street or 98th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.